Lorenzo Neal Reveals His NFL Combine Story
Your Los Angeles Chargers see to be pretty intensely pouring over the young prospects in this year's NFL Combine in Indianapolis.
The moment inspired Bleav in Chargers podcast co-host Lorenzo Neal, a longtime three-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl fullback while with your then-San Diego Chargers, to reflect on his own awkward experiences at the NFL Combine while still playing at Fresno State, where he was also a high-level wrestler.
Neal offered a hilariously candid anecdote covering his misadventures with co-host and Chargers radio commentator Matt "Money" Smith.
"I remember, Matt, going to the Combine. I remember being at Fresno State, wrestling on a Saturday night, right in the combine of wrestling beat Oklahoma State. We had a wrestling duel," Neal said. "My coach got me to do this. And then I was able to fly out like at 4 o'clock, fly out of Fresno."
"So I was going to get there that night, sleep Sunday," Neal continued. "My flight got delayed. I go overtime, I win the match, we win the duel. [Wrestling coach Dennis] DeLiddo takes me to the airport. My flight out of Fresno is delayed, not leaving till the redeye. So I jump on the redeye. I get to have like two hours to lay down when I get to my hotel. I had a horrible combine. I did 245 like 25 times. I've been doing it 38 times, 40 times. I ran a 4.7 [40-yard dash]. I came back with my coach, who was there to pick me up at the airport. [National Wrestling Hall of Fame coach] Dennis DeLiddo, the wrestling coach, he wanted to pick me up because he was like, 'I'm sorry,' I walked away from him. I got my own ride home. I was so pissed off at my wrestling coach because I was at the Combine and I absolutely stunk it up, because it's vigorous."
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